Chapter 191: Too Strange

Lisa's POV.

I could feel the pain he was feeling; I could hear the pain in his words, and even I could not console him in a time like this. All I could do was stare at him and wish that I could do more, but then there was nothing else I could do as Landon drove as quickly as possible, following the tracker on the same route that his mother had mentioned.

"I think you should be grateful, Lex; do not dwell on it. Do not think about what your father has done; do not think about him as well. Think about her. Think about how happy she was to see you and think about how you made the right choice by agreeing to go there and walk your way to peace only to find out that she was not even dead," I said to him, and I wasn't sure if those words came out right, but I saw the way he certainly began to take some breath of relief.

"What would I have done without the both of you? I am so grateful that you pushed me to do this. Thank you," he said, his gaze moving from me to Landon, and I couldn't feel more proud.

I expected he was going to act up even more than that, but right there we began talking about how ancient I likely am and one of the most difficult phases we are about to walk into.

It was almost sunset by the time you drove into the cave where we were directed to see the ancient, and when we stepped out, we noticed we were not the only ones who came to visit.

"It's possible we could spend the night over here, but I hope that you guys get the answers you seek. I can wait no matter how long it is," Landon said as we stepped out of the car while he sat back in it.

Lex was lucky to have such a friend. I even heard that Nick would have tagged along, but his parents are having this big event, and he was the one they wanted to showcase, so he had to be there for them.

"You should be grateful to him; he's a very good friend, and I cannot believe that it is the same guy who I witnessed almost fighting himself to death at the clinic in school," I said to him for the first time since we saw his mother. Lex finally laughed.

We held hands as we went to join the queue of couples who seemed to be waiting for their turn to see this seer.

"I know I kicked against this idea, Lisa, and I tried to fight it as much as I could, but I want you to remember that I only did that because I am worried that you're going to be hurt, and I am going to do the exact thing I said if anything should threaten your safety," he said to me, but I chuckled.

"I know you are willing to do anything to perfectly protect me, but I want you to also know that I am also willing to do anything to protect you, and we are supposed to be there with an open mind and hearts filled with possibility and hope that everything is going to be alright, so promise me that you're going to walk in there without feeling paranoid."

He stared at me in silence, not saying a word, but I needed him to promise me that he was going to be walking in there, that place, with an open mind.

"Fine. I promise I am not going to be thinking of the worst-case scenario; I'm going to be thinking of the best-case scenario." His response gave me a little peace as I nodded my head in approval, and just then a woman walked out of the cave. We could barely see her as there were people in front of us, but we could hear these sounds of small drums, and it sounded a little too scary.

Just when we realised that it was the ancient one who was stepping out of her cave, I and Lex glanced at each other, the fear obvious in our faces.

"I heard she never comes out of her cave, or isn't it what she's doing right now, or were all of those just obstacles that people posted online without confirming facts?" I asked Lex who was rather silent as we kept looking.

Just then she appeared in front of us; we could see her clearly as she approached us.

Lex and Lisa. 'You two finally decided to show; I have waited for you for a while,' she said to us, and the fear that gripped me at that moment had never been anywhere close to me in my entire life.

How did she know our names?? I have never been before either of Alex, but then she's the seer.

"Take this, drink it, and then go to the person you want to prove yourselves to, and once you get to their presence, you make blood contact, and you will see the work of the goddess. You do not need to prove yourself here," she said to us, stretching a small bottle with white liquid content.

Just before any of us would say a word, she turned around and began to walk away without sparing us another glance until she disappeared from our faces, and everyone else was staring at us like we were some sort of movie.

By the time we got back to the car Landon was surprised to see us coming back so early because he had seen the crowd and he had expected we would be spending hours.

"We are going back home as early as possible tomorrow; I need to get this over with. Once I'm done, I'll come back to see my mother," Lex said as we got back into the car and Landon hit the road.

"Why do I feel like the day is filled with so many strange things that seem to all be in our favour?" I asked Lex, whose gaze was fixed on me now, but before I could blink, he leant in and kissed my lips.

"Oops, did someone just get pregnant?" Landon teased.